贫瘠 (pín jí) — infertile, barren (of land)

Definition

Examples

• 这片土地非常贫瘠，种不出庄稼。
  Zhè piàn tǔ dì fēi cháng pín jí, zhǒng bù chū zhuāng jia.
  This land is very barren; crops can't grow.
• 贫瘠的土壤需要施肥才能种树。
  pín jí De tǔ rǎng xū yào shī féi cái néng zhòng shù.
  Barren soil needs fertilizer to grow trees.
• 由于土地贫瘠，当地农民生活很艰难。
  Yóu yú tǔ dì pín jí, dāng dì nóng mín shēng huó hěn jiān nán.
  Because the land is infertile, local farmers live a hard life.